20 Recent Movies That Made ONE Huge Mistake
These movies all made one massive gaffe.
Making a good movie is hard, and making a great movie is really, really hard - practically a miracle, even.
It goes without saying that no film is perfect, but sometimes movies make one huge mistake that ends up being a major talking point forevermore, enough that it detracts from everything they actually got right.
Sometimes one gaffe can be so frustrating, so overpoweringly distracting, that it makes it so much harder to focus on the film's many merits.
And that's absolutely the case with these 20 recent films, each of which have enough going for them, while ranging from watchable to genuinely great.
But each was also stymied by one massive mistake that dominated the discourse and is probably destined to follow the film around until the end of time.
From cringe-worthy product placement to a fatal bout of miscasting, some poor CGI, and a frustratingly underwhelming ending, these mistakes didn't necessarily ruin each film, but they are nevertheless a massive thorn in their side.
Mileage might vary on just how annoying these screw-ups actually are, but for many they became a major hurdle to enjoying the rest of the film...
20. The Awful Product Placement - Jurassic World Rebirth
Not content to merely be a forgettable, watchable entry into the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth opted to infuriate many viewers right from its opening scene.
The film kicks off in 2008, when InGen is running a secret dinosaur lab on the remote island of Île Saint-Hubert.
It naturally isn't long before the mutant dinosaur known as the Distortus rex escapes its enclosure, but this only happens because one of said lab's scientists decides to eat a Snickers bar mid-shift. Yup.
To elaborate, the scientist drops the chocolate bar's wrapper on the floor, where it gets sucked into a vent on one of the huge blast doors confining the Distortus rex, in turn causing it to malfunction and, for reasons that aren't really clear, banjax the entire facility.
The dinosaur then kills the scientists and escapes, and that's the incredibly dopey setup for this thunderously beige, snoozy blockbuster sequel.
Was this really the best they could come up with? Even ignoring the groan-worthy product placement of it all, it's just head-smackingly stupid.